Heather Akkerman

“Great schools are not just led by the administration; they are led by teachers too. In great schools everyone owns the vision...and everyone is on a mission.” #EssentialTruths @SteeleThoughts @ToddWhitaker

It begins!!! @MizzouELPA MEd Cohort 12 officially began tonight. Looking forward to this professional journey with them. Let’s go!!! 🖤💛 #LeadLearnELPA

What an amazing year we had! We have made so many amazing memories in 1st grade. Forever thankful for this sweet group of kiddos. #WeBelieveinBRE

We have been LOVING making decorations for Writing Celebration! My class decided to name the snake after our assistant principal!😆 #WeBelieveinBRE

Cookies & Crafts with our Chilingo winners! #WeBelieveinBRE

After 1 month of closely watching Jackie & Shadow, 2 of their 3 eggs hatched! We were so excited to monitor the babies all day long! #WeBelieveinBRE

Indoor recess calls for Jenga! #WeBelieveinBRE 😄

Our science lesson today was about how birds use their beaks. We decided to take a trip to see our BRE chickens, and we watched how they use their beaks! 🐓 #WeBelieveinBRE

Happy Fall from our classroom family! #WeBelieveinBRE 🍂

Math outside today because we are LOVING this fall weather! 🍂 #WeBelieveinBRE #Mathjoycps

Serve intentionally 📚 Grateful for the opportunity to read and hand out book bags this morning at Blue Ridge Elementary alongside our friends @unitedwaycemo! 🐯

Thank you @UWHeartMO & @MizzouWBB for gifting our students with some AMAZING books!! This truly is one of my favorite days of the year because of the excitement and smiles! 💙 #WeBelieveinBRE

Huge shoutout to @MizzouWBB and @UWHeartMO for donating and handing out backpacks of amazing books to our first graders! They couldn’t wait to read them and were so excited to “have them for keeps!” Thank you!! #WeBelieveinBRE

We love our learning time, but we always make time for some fun memories in 1st grade! 🫧 🖍️ #WeBelieveinBRE

We had 2 champions for the month of September! Congratulations to 2 of my amazing students, and one of our sweet twin duos! 🏆💙 #WeBelieveinBRE

We are so excited because we got the GOLDEN DUSTPAN!! Thank you to our custodians for awarding us with the cleanest room! 💙 #WeBelieveinBRE

My class has come up with their own version of Go Fish while using our ABC cards… how fun!! #WeBelieveinBRE

Get The Scoop Night on September 12th, 4:30-6pm!

A fabulous first week of school! We have practiced our routine’s & expectations, and we have wrote sentences everyday! Ms. Fincham taught us how to play Rock, Paper, Scissors, and we ended our wonderful week with practicing spelling our names with Play-Doh! #WeBelieveinBRE

Every BRE student learned how to play Rock, Paper, Scissors for conflict resolution as part of our BREhavior Training Camp to practice expectations around the building for a successful year. Of course, “The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors” book made an appearance! #WeBelieveinBRE